Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-08-27
OUR TRIP TO OGDEN.
The CitY's Commercial Advantages. It's
Live Business Men, Etc. Etc.


Live Business Men, Etc. Etc.
In this fast age Of ours the links
that make up the great chains of rail
way systems have been made so small
by rapid transit over the smooth run
ming lines that space is almost ami
Inflated and distant cities and towns
are brought in such close proximity
that traveller notes but little Of in
terest between them. This is partic-
ularly the case in a run over the u. &
n. railway from Blackfoot TO Ogden.
Leaving Blackfoot in the early morn one
sees but little in the mist of the gray
dawn but sombre looking sage brush,
few scattered wickyups and the un-
inviting buildings that make up the
Agency of Fort Hall Reservation un-
til he reaches the stirring, bustling,
rattling town of Pocatello. Here he
finds life in all its activity; hustle and
stir and obtains a breakfast that
makes him contented in the inner
man for the seven hours ride before
him. Leaving Pocatello, the scenery
along the Portneuf with it's frothing.
foaming little cascades holds the at
tention until the pleasant summer re-
sort Of McCammon is reached. Here
one finds quiet retreat where he may
spend the heated term Of August as
pleasantly as if refreshed by the breez-
es along the Great Lakes. From
McCammon TO Battle Creek the ubiq
nitous, dreary, dull looking sage brush
covers the fields everywhere but in
the meadows at Swan Lake and Ok
ford, and from Battle Creek to Cache
Valley the same uninviting growth
greets the eye all along the road until
the fertile fields Of the valley come in
sight like blooming oases in a barren
desert These green, fertile, grassy
fields, dotted over with groves and
pleasant homes and watered by gurg-
ling streams furnish great relief TO
the eye made duh and heavy with the
barren fields and sage brush behind.
Some Of the scenery in the valley is
worth the softest touches of the ar
lists brush. and he could present
picture therefrom with the rustic foot
hills as framework that would grace
the gallery Of any connoisseur
Reaching Ogden one is readily i'm
pressed, at first, with its natural ad-
vantages rs commercial city relative |
10 all northern Utah and the country !
lying further north and west. In the |
heated term Of dog days there is a |
general stagnation Of business every.
where, even in the great metropolitan
marts Of the world. but the News rep
rescntative found Ogden astir in all
business circles with an activity that
foreshadowcd a real busy city in the
business seasons of the year. In his
associations with the commercial men |
he was pleased TO find them agrees
i've in all business schemes and of
broad liberal views, and conducting
their business on liberal and broad
guage principles. The large number
Of advertisements given the News are
10 be taken as evidence OF their enter
prise in invading fresh fields of trade
and their eagerness that all outsiders
should know Of the advantages and
bargains they offer In soliciting ad-
the representative OF the
News sought none but first-class bus
mess houses and by personal inspec-
lion was satisfied they were handling
only first-class goods. In our issue
Of to-day we call special attention to
the following advertisements: